In Isolation

The bad: a "thriller" that doesnt thrill. Not one bit. What do I need say more? The whole point of a "thriller" is that I get excited, that I live in great anxiety of what is gonna happen, that I am shocked. None of that.

Not any good? It aint a terrible movie, but I would categorize "In Isolation" as a tv movie, with below average tv movie actors, with a below average script and with below average technical details, like photography and sound.

In Isolation is just going through the motions. I wonder who this movie could best be suited for and I kinda veer to the tv soap audience, because the casual tv soap viewer doesnt mind below average quality at all, they just wanna see a mildly entertaining story.

Personally, I'll choose subtitles over dubbing every time. I adore the westerns directed by Sergio Leone, which are now over half a century old. Somehow, the dubbing for the dialogue in those films is more competent than this recently produced current day film. The simulated interaural intensity (loudness and frequency) and interaural time difference (arrival time) experienced when receiving audio stimuli with both ears is way off for this movie, especially the dialogue.

It's obvious the actors are delivering lines to a stationary microphone. Your eyes tell you the characters are moving around in their environment, but your ears tell you they haven't moved. Also, the intensity (perceived loudness) and direction of the dialogue doesn't change with camera positioning (editing) or voice projection in relation to the actors and the camera (turning away from the camera). It's really disorienting and distracting. The sound mixing and audio post production is woefully incompetent. All the dialogue was mixed to be mono, with only a few exceptions of stereo sound being used. Which means they didn't even try in post.

I know I haven't even covered any other aspect of the film is this review, besides the dialogue audio. That's because, this isn't an issue most films have, even low budget productions. I made it just over 20 minutes into the run-time before I stopped watching. Something very unbelievable happens just after the 20 minute mark, and no one in the scene reacts like a human being. Everything about the scene indicates utter incompetence, from the writing, directing, acting, audio, etcetera. That's when this movie confirmed that its issues went far beyond ADR dialogue, and it was only going to get worse.

Usually, I wouldn't score and review a movie I haven't watched to the end. Since this movie currently has no reviews on the site, I felt obligated to inform others about their potential wasted investment of time if they decide to watch it.

I was occupied with cleaning while I could hear the dialogue and I felt like I was watching Money Heist. Just an unbelievable horrendous piece of dog trash. Lol I watched the trailer and they made t seem like it would be good. Maybe because I didn't hear a word spoke lol Please....do not watch. If I can ever recommend a movie that no one should watch this would have to be it. There is absolutely NOTHING appealing about this. I still have it on in the background whilst writing this review. That's how much I don't care about this movie. It doesn't even seem like the actors are using there actual voices.

I watched it for 15 minutes before turning off.

The acting is poor and the dialogue on the audio track seeming like it was from a different film really distracted from what was going on.

I'm not sure how or why dialogue is dubbed on after completion of scene production, probably because the sound on the set isn't clear and sharp I expect, but they could at least have had the voice actors say the lines that they said when shooting the scenes. Were the actors' voices not good enough?

It was like watching an ad break where all the ads are foreign but dubbed into English to save money.

It's a one from me.

There's not much to brag about here. In trying to find ways to compliment the film, I'm almost at a loss for words.

Let's start with the setting. I actually thought the house, where the majority of the movie takes place, was quite nice. The town backdrop and the virus scare was pretty lame. Some of the actors were okay but the others not so much.

The overall story is just not interesting. The dialogue is lacking and fails to really keep the viewer engaged. Our main character is a bit annoying and we don't really have much reason to care about what happens to her, her friends or the people who are after them.